Franklin County’s sheriff ready for ‘forced’ retirement

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On Friday Sheriff Dennis C. Pike turned over the keys to the sheriff department car, and by the new year he will have cleaned out the few belongings he’s kept at the office.

Pike, 74, is retiring after 46 years of wearing a police badge, just shy of the 50-year landmark he was hoping to reach. He lost his bid for re-election to a fourth term in Franklin County in November to Scott Nichols.